
The oversized brick posts are this home’s most distinctive feature.

The oversized brick posts are this home’s most distinctive feature.

Seen here in detail (above) and in full (below right), the Cheatham Building is one of the nicest remaining commercial structures in Adrian. I hope it is preserved.



This historic African-American congregation in the Donovan community dates to 1906.

This is now part of the Timberland Services & Nursery operations center.


Reverend L. P. Glass was pastor when the church was built.

These Queen Anne style Folk Victorians always catch my eye when I’m in Wrightsville. Finding this many located near each other is quite unusual and therefore notable. As a collective resource, they certainly invite further study. They were likely all built by the same builder.

The houses are in varying states of repair; the one seen below is the least modified. Another such house, which I didn’t photograph, has been updated with vinyl siding.


Thanks to Deborah Brantley for the identification. Guy Singletary also notes that it closed about four years ago and that some of the members now attend Wrightsville United Methodist Church. Many thanks to David Frey, whose wife Deanne once attended this church, for the following interior shots he made in 2012.

